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Where: Whaleback Mountain, NH
When: Sunday, February 16, 2014
Conditions: Packed Powder, Powder, Lots of bumps on ungroomed trails, cold, busy in PM
Had a great day at Whaleback today. Waited until a decent snowfall to make use of the passes I won through AZ (thanks Nick). Got there a bit before 10 to bright sunshine and cold temps.
Lift lines went between ski-on to a few minute wait throughout the morning.
First run was down one of the long greens, trail called Ivory Run. Guessing there was some grooming done at one point but there were a few sections that weren't "smooth". No complaints, it did make the trail a bit more interesting, but more challenging for a green than we expected. We then explored various trails on skier's right which included some of the wider groomed cruisers. Since one swath of Face was groomed I went down that - short trail but one section was pretty steep, pitch seemed similar to FIS at Pats Peak. Skiers right was all moguls which looked nice.
After lunch we went down another trail on skier's left, Fluke, which was also left ungroomed. Nice snow, interesting trail, lots of fun. We then checked out some of the other trails on skiers right that we missed.
I stayed away from most of the other blacks, mainly because I didn't want to spend too much time picking my way down steep bump runs. Looked nice though, someone with more skills would have had a blast.
Lines built up by about 2:00 to about where the lodge is.
As others have said, the place skis bigger than it looks, especially with all of the trails that were ungroomed. Nice low-key area, great place to get away from the crowds. Hope they will be able to stay open.
Put a few pictures in this album, may add more later:
http://forums.alpinezone.com/album.php?albumid=353
When: Sunday, February 16, 2014
Conditions: Packed Powder, Powder, Lots of bumps on ungroomed trails, cold, busy in PM
Had a great day at Whaleback today. Waited until a decent snowfall to make use of the passes I won through AZ (thanks Nick). Got there a bit before 10 to bright sunshine and cold temps.
Lift lines went between ski-on to a few minute wait throughout the morning.
First run was down one of the long greens, trail called Ivory Run. Guessing there was some grooming done at one point but there were a few sections that weren't "smooth". No complaints, it did make the trail a bit more interesting, but more challenging for a green than we expected. We then explored various trails on skier's right which included some of the wider groomed cruisers. Since one swath of Face was groomed I went down that - short trail but one section was pretty steep, pitch seemed similar to FIS at Pats Peak. Skiers right was all moguls which looked nice.
After lunch we went down another trail on skier's left, Fluke, which was also left ungroomed. Nice snow, interesting trail, lots of fun. We then checked out some of the other trails on skiers right that we missed.
I stayed away from most of the other blacks, mainly because I didn't want to spend too much time picking my way down steep bump runs. Looked nice though, someone with more skills would have had a blast.
Lines built up by about 2:00 to about where the lodge is.
As others have said, the place skis bigger than it looks, especially with all of the trails that were ungroomed. Nice low-key area, great place to get away from the crowds. Hope they will be able to stay open.
Put a few pictures in this album, may add more later:
http://forums.alpinezone.com/album.php?albumid=353
